TOLEDO: With MAC Player of the Year Logan Woodside gone, the Rockets are going to need somebody to step up at the quarterback position. There's a four-way battle for who ends up getting the start under center, but a relatively cushy job awaits the winner. With wideouts Cody Thompson and Diontae Johnson in the fold, the quarterback simply needs to get them the ball in space. And RB Shakif Seymour will also take pressure off of the passing game by setting up short-yardage situations. Last year's defense was bad against the run and excellent against the pass, and the same dynamic appears likely to play out this season.

E MICHIGAN: Eastern Michigan should field one of the better defenses in the division this season. The Eagles had the second-best unit in the conference in 2017, and they return a lot of the talent that helped them do that'including defensive linemen Maxx Crosby and Jeremiah Harris, who combined for 17 sacks last year. The problem is that the passing game is miserable, so that defense might be spending a lot of time on the field.